Same-sex liaisons still llegal in Malawi – Minister

Malawi has asked for $388 888 (about K180 million) from The Global Fund for Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV and Aids to support activities such as testing, counselling and treatment, condoms and prevention of risky behaviour for same-sex in the country despite homosexuality being against the law.

Minister of Health Kalilani: homosexuality remains illegal

Trapence: Double standards by government

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And Minister of Health Jean Kalilani has said those engaging in homosexuality will still be committing a crime and will be arrested to face the law.

Kalilani said there are no plans by Malawi government to change homosexuality laws, saying it will remain criminal.

“There will be no change in laws on homosexuality,” said Kalilani as quoted in the press.

“It is still a crime to anyone engaging in the practice.”

Under the Malawian penal code, a relic of British colonial rule, homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail with hard labour. Gay and lesbian organisations have long complained that the law and widespread homophobia makes access to HIV treatment and prevention services difficult.

“It is difficult to offer HIV and Aids services to homosexuals when there are sodomy laws on the other hand. The same government is criminalising same sex relationships and the same government wants money to help them. This does not make any sense,” pointed out Centre for the Development of the People (Cedep) executive director Gift Trapence.

Trapence said Malawi “cannot continue excluding [homosexuals] identified as a key driver to new HIV/Aids infections.”

Malawi’s government moved to suspend laws against homosexuality in 2012 when it issued a moratorium where it ordered police not to arrest people for same-sex acts until the anti-gay laws are reviewed by parliament.

But Human Rights Watch points out that arresting people for consensual same-sex conduct violates international human rights standards and constitutional guarantees of equality in many countries.

A seven-site MSM (Men having Sex with Men) HIV prevalence, social behavioural and population size estimation study released at the end of 2014 estimates show that MSM make up about 1.84 percent of the overall male population aged 20 to 39 years in Malawi or about 38 734 individuals.

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46 thoughts on “Same-sex liaisons still llegal in Malawi – Minister”

Gift Trapence that is satanism. And any one in that is a satanist.
Be careful! Ndi ndalama kodi? Ndi kufuna kudzika kodi? Kapena kufuna kukhala ndi sapoti kapena kupeza anthu oti akupatse thandizo la ndalama?
Ndalama ndi zake uyo/awo w/aikapo nkhope yake/zao not your’s. Let the money for anthu a ndale. Money shouldent make you loose what Jesus Christ gave you on Cross as He said kwatha, and now wapulumutsidwa.
Why are losting yourself?!

Government has the duty to seek humanitarian aid for its citizenry from whosoever is kindly willing to give; be it homosexual or straight and with or without strings attached.So what you hypocrite devils!
And just like Atheism(refusal to believe in the One true supreme God ie Monotheism-whose personal name is Yahweh/Jehovah/Jah/El or Namalenga),homosexuality too is a choice with some arrogant madness in it.Nobody…and I’m saying NOBODY is born homosexual but rather possessed by an evil spirit of the opposite sex in nature which uses these sodomites!

You Trapence and et al you wrote Global Funding to suspend funding to NAC and yet your fellow mathanyulas are asking funding from the very Fund you advised to suspend aid! You should request World Vision a Christian organization tat was given responsibility to manage HIV/AIDS. See if they will support the mathanyulas on a separate silly request like this one!

I don’t see anything wrong with what the government’s move here. These things which people who are possessed with evil spirits are campaigning for like the so called Trapence is still alien to Malawi no matter how people can try to make it right. But on the other hand government is like a parent even those who are engaging themselves in evil activities when they contract the virus goverent has to look after them. The good example is the prisoners, they’re in prison for their wrong deeds, though not all, but when they fall I’ll they must be accorded treatment but that doesn’t translate that what they did to get a prison sentence was right NO! Homosexuality should remain a criminal offence period.

Who is fooling who here? How will government balance between helping homosexuals to fight HIV & Aids and penalizing them against their act of sodomy? I hope that your guess is as good as mine that only one master can be saved at a time.

This practice is disgusting to sane humans. What can a woman do to another woman? & & what can a man do to another man with all the beards kuchibwano akeakeake nyasi zimenezo komanso amene akupanga izi azilingalira ndim’mene mulungu anapangila mkazi ungamafunenso mwamuba muzako?

If women what do U do when sexing? Mmapisana chala?if so isnt a sighn that U want Mbolo? If men may be U put your Penis to the Unus, isnt a sighn that U want Bumbu? Zimafunika atsikana oti amamwa ma Drugs or amuna oti amasuta Chamba, Normal people cant be in such marpractices, go ahead Guys but Nyini ndi Nyini and Mbolo ndi Mbolo you cant change their names.

On the other hand, we went to enormous expense to sent the Solicitor General and an entourage to Geneva (?) last year to tell the UN that there is no political will to prosecute consensual, same-sex acts.

Kaliliani is talking out her fat arse. Those engaging in consensual, same-sex acts will (hopefully) be left alone, as per the statement to the UN, which has been widely reported on the internet.

The word international doesnot mean the universe,it may mean more than one country, so that should not compele us to inherite this worse behaviour that even dogs can’t disgrace themself alike. museveni asked 4a biological backing but the so called international countries falled to prove so. So what mr trespass?-ur name sounds none malawian too.ur advocancy is illplaced sir..i believe homesexual is a behavior disorder that needs correction not otherwise biological. I support museveni on homesexuals.amen.

What is sweet with your fingers? This must be real demonic in every sense of the word.
Repent and see the truth you shall be set free. You just need deliverance. Apo ayi likana khala dziko la Ma Boko harm you were going to be Boko harmed heavy